I hear many parents saying that their teenage children are rebellion. I wish it were so. At your age you ought to be growing away from your parents. You should be learning to stand on  your own two feet. But take a good look at the present rebellion. It seems that teenagers are all take the same way of showing that they disagree with their parents. Instead of striking out bravely on their own, most of them are trying to seize at one another’s hands for safety.

They say they want to dress as they please. But they all wear the same clothes. They set off in new directions in music. But somehow they all end up crowded round listening to the same record. Their reason for thinking or acting in thus-and-such a way is that the crowd is doing it. They have come out of their cocoon (蠶繭 ) into a larger cocoon.

It has become harder and harder for a teenager to stand up against the popularity wave and to go his or her own way. Industry has firmly opened up a teenage market. These days every teenager can learn from newspapers and TV what a teenager should have and be. And many of today’s parents have come to award high marks for the popularity of their children. All this adds up to great difficulty for the teenager who wants to find his or her own path.

But the difficulty is worth getting over. The path is worth following. You may want to listen to classical music instead of going to a party. You may want to collect rocks when everyone else is collecting records. You may have some thoughts that you don’t care to share at once with your classmates. Well, go to it. Find yourself. Be yourself. Popularity will come with the people who respect you for who you are. That’s the only kind of popularity that really counts.

 

61．The writer’s purpose in writing this passage is to tell______________.

A．readers how to be popular in the world

B．teenagers how to learn to decide things for themselves

C．parents how to control and guide their children

D．people how understand and respect each other

62．According to the writer, many teenagers think they are brave enough to act on their own, but, in fact, most of them _____________.

A．have much difficulty in understanding each other

B．a(chǎn)re not sure of themselves

C．dare not do things

D．a(chǎn)re very much afraid of getting lost

63．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．There is no popularity that really counts.

B．What many parents are doing is actually keeping their children from finding their own path.

C．It is not necessarily bad for a teenager to disagree with his or her classmates.

D．Most teenagers say they want to do what they like to but in fact they are doing the same.

64．During the teenage years, one should learn to ________________.

A．become different from others in as many ways as possible

B．get into the right season and become popular

C．find one’s real self

D．rebel against parents

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